Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1692 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did his brothers really eat Ferko's bread while he was asleep, bruv?

1. Yeah, they scoffed the whole loaf, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yeah, they scoffed the whole loaf and then blamed him for sleeping in the sun, innit — score 1
3. Nah, they swapped it for a stone, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yeah, they gobbled the whole loaf while he was out cold and then lied to everyone about it all — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1682, line 16: «Old word: "repent" means to feel deep sorrow for a wrong you did and to wish you had not done it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay but why was Ferko so gutted about his eye, like?

1. Cos it hurt, mate — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Cos he had to give up his eye, bruv — score -1
3. Cos he lost it for a tiny scrap, mate — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Cos he's ugly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 707, line 8: «What: Abu Nowas rubs pepper into his eyes so that they "smarted dreadfully" and he looks like he has been weeping.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «smart» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what even is a convent, like a school for mums?

1. A place for prayer and mums — no support
2. A place where nuns live and spin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. A big stone building where mums go to learn sewing and cooking every day — no support
4. A place where nuns live, pray, and look after babies all night long — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1692, line 15: «Old word: "cloister" means a place where nuns live apart from the world; today we would say convent or monastery.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the mare ate the apple peel and got a foal, that's wild, innit?

1. Nah, it's normal — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, it's proper mad, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, that's just a story, bruv — no support
4. Yeah, mad — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the Queen just chuck the peel out the window, lol?

1. Yeah, she binned it out the window — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Nah, she ate it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, she tossed it out the door — score 1
4. Nah, she gave it to the cat — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1692, line 3: «The mare that eats the apple peel has a foal, and the Queen's son and that foal grow up like brothers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same thing acted on «apple peel» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the Horse and the prince grew up like brothers, yeah?

1. Yeah, they were well close, like bros, and the horse helped him win every fight — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, they were proper mates, innit — no support
3. Yeah, they were well close, like bros — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Nah, the Horse was his enemy and the prince had to leave the castle for good — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1677, line 15: «Godmother means a person who promises to help a child grow up well, chosen at the baby's christening in church.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «help» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is a glutton just someone who scoffs loads, like a total greedy guts?

1. Nah, someone who's just skinny — no support
2. Nah, a thief — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, a massive greedy guts — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, a glutton — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1483, line 7: «Who: Trusty John, the faithful servant of the young King, who "had taken it all in" when the ravens talked.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «family» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the brothers say he ate in his sleep, bruv?

1. Cos they wanted to dodge sharing — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cos they wanted to dodge sharing the bread with him, and they lied to the Queen about it — score -2
3. Cos they were too lazy to share — score 3
4. Cos they had already eaten his bread and wanted to blame him for being greedy — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1678, line 7: «What: the Cat says "Nothing tastes better than what one eats by oneself," which shows she is greedy and dishonest.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+6). Against it: the same doer «cat» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, so if the light goes out, the nuns just do him in? That's harsh, fam

1. Yeah, that's well mean, fam — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, that's totally fair, bruv — no support
3. Nah, that's fine — no support
4. Yeah, that's dead harsh, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the old Abbess actually make the nun go to the Queen?

1. Yeah, she sent the girl to her — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Nah, the nun just walked off — no support
3. Nah, she didn't — no support
4. Yeah, she sent the nun to her — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1159, line 10: «The queen sends the boy to "the four brown boundaries of the world", a place very far away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same receiver «boy» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Would you let your mates cut your leg for a crust, or nah?

1. Nah, no way, that's mental, I'd rather starve than lose a leg for bread — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, if I was starving — no support
3. Nah, no way, that's mental — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, sure — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1267, line 19: «Old word "haunches": it means the hind legs and hips of an animal, where it sits back on its rear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «hind legs» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the brothers are proper jealous of Ferko, yeah?

1. Nah, they're not jealous, they just think he's a bit odd and rude to them — score 2
2. Yeah, cos he's way too nice — no support
3. Yeah, cos he's way too handsome and gets all the best bread from the Queen — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Yeah, cos he's way too handsome — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1127, line 19: «fact: Old word: "Tsarevich" means a tsar's son, or prince, and "thou" and "thy" are old words for "you" and "your."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «old words» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following characterises the brothers' conduct towards Ferko in this passage?

1. They shared his food and then robbed him of his horse and his sword and his gold — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. They deprived him of food and extracted from him a grievous injury as the price of relief — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. They deprived him of food, humiliated him before the Queen, and extracted from him a grievous injury as the price of relief from his suffering and sorrow — score 6
4. They stole his food and demanded his silver as payment for the crumbs they gave — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1692, line 5: «Ferko's brothers eat his loaf while he sleeps, and then they make him lose an eye and a leg for a scrap of bread.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «ferko» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means does the Queen come to bear a child, according to the passage?

1. By a royal decree — score -2
2. By kissing a frog given to her by a servant — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. By drinking a potion made by a wise healer — no support
4. By consuming an apple purchased from an elderly woman — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1662, line 16: «The fan grows big enough to hold the king and Aveline, who has come to give them good advice.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the function of the cavern in which the nuns reside?

1. It serves as the convent in which they spin and maintain the light — ✓ the right answer · score -6
2. It is a palace where the Queen and her nuns hold feasts and prayers — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. It is a storeroom — no support
4. It holds the cotton — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1685, line 16: «The toads' house is where the Princess asks for food, and the fat toad answers her knock with a rhyme.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «princess» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which quality distinguishes Ferko from his brothers in the opening of this tale?

1. His beauty and fine appearance, which arouse their envy, together with his skill in riding and his gentle manner towards animals — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. His superior learning, his quick wit, and his fine appearance, which the brothers resent and try to punish in secret — score 3
3. He works harder on the farm each day — no support
4. His beauty and fine appearance, which arouse their envy — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1232, line 4: «Two beautiful girls spot him, one pinches him, and the pin in his sleeve draws her blood, so she must become his wife.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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